Hi Paul, Please try to follow the steps in the URL below and see if you can embed the Flash assets into your flex application. http://sujitreddyg.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/creating-and-importing-flash-assets-into-flex/ Hope this helps.
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Paul Decoursey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, pretty much exactly the code I have in place. Three things I see > wrong here.. > > 1) The symbol that loads is way messed up and does not at all match when > displays in Flash. > 2) When I publish the swf from the flash on my machine without changes it > no longer works. > 3) You've missed what I'm really trying to do. I need dynamic assets not > static assets to be loaded from the SWF. > > I have no idea what the problem is for 1, and I don't care at this point, > but it could be an indication of what the real issue is for me. I'm going > to try a new clean and reinstall of everything Flash and see if anything > starts working again. I'm not sure if it's related but I did notice odd > things after a software update from Apple, I'm on a mac by the way, an > update the the flash player was included that broke a lot of stuff for me. > I had to reinstall the Flash Debug Player. Somebody at Adobe needs to talk > to apple about this, it's the second update in a row that has caused me > headaches. For the 3rd issue, it should work if I can get the Flex > Component kit to work properly. > > Sherif, thanks for trying. I think that you thought it was more of a > newbie question, but I was really just looking for validation that my SWF > was junk, not that my methods were faulty. > > Paul > > > > On Feb 19, 2008, at 4:57 PM, Sherif Abdou wrote: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout=" > vertical" > > creationComplete="initApp()"> > > <mx:Script> > > <![CDATA[ > > *import* mx.core.UIComponent; > > *import* mx.events.CalendarLayoutChangeEvent; > > *import* mx.controls.Image; > > [*Bindable*] > > [*Embed*(source=*"assets2.swf"*,symbol=*"BestBuyCar"*)] > > *public* *var* myLogo:Class; > > *public* *function* initApp():*void*{ > > > } > > ]]> > > </mx:Script> > > <mx:Button skin="{myLogo}"/> > > > </mx:WindowedApplication> > assets2 is in root so ya u could add it in a forder but this works and i > tried it > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Paul Decoursey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 3:18:42 PM > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Cannot embed Flash9 symbols > > What is bothering me more is this... I have reinstalled Flash CS3, > reinstalled Flex 2 and all the hotfixes, reinstalled the Flex Component Kit > and followed the directions for it 10 times now and it does not work. I > cannot load any of the components that Flash is outputting. I'm getting very > frustrated and I have no other ideas of what might be happening. I've also > tried it in Flex 3 to no avail, which is leading me to believe that the > issue is int he swfs and swcs that Flash is generating. > > Does anyone have any clue? I've wasted a day on this, and I can't in good > conscious bill my client for this time. > > Paul > > > On Feb 19, 2008, at 3:11 PM, Paul Decoursey wrote: > > How do you access in Flex then? This still doesn't work for me either. > Paul > > On Feb 19, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Sherif Abdou wrote: > > BestBuyLogo > BestBuyCar > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Paul Decoursey <[EMAIL PROTECTED] net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:21:51 PM > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Cannot embed Flash9 symbols > > Now I'm totally lost. You can't export a Graphic for actionscript. > > Can you send me the file you altered and got to work? > > > When I open the file I posted the assets I'm looking at are Symbols, they > are MovieClips and they are setup to be exported in the SWF. If I roll back > to target AS2 everything works, but I need AS3 for some of the other assets > I will be exporting that are not in the file I posted. > > Paul > > > > On Feb 19, 2008, at 1:38 PM, Sherif Abdou wrote: > > they were not symbols when i opened the file, i am not familiar with > flash.... but they were movieClips and not Graphics which is what you need. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Paul Decoursey <[EMAIL PROTECTED] net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:26:33 PM > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Cannot embed Flash9 symbols > > They are symbols already are they not? Anyway I think that my Flash is > messed up. I'm having trouble with other timeline based swfs as well, where > nothing appears when loaded. > > Paul > > On Feb 19, 2008, at 12:37 PM, Sherif Abdou wrote: > > All right so i hope i understood what your saying, what you need to do is > bring the Car and the Sign to the Stage, Hit F8 and convert both of them to > Symbols/Graphics and then export them and they should work. I tried that and > i am able to embed it in flex App. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Sherif Abdou <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:14:44 PM > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Cannot embed Flash9 symbols > > > file wont open and it saves as a word document > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Paul Decoursey <[EMAIL PROTECTED] net> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:58:52 AM > Subject: [flexcoders] Cannot embed Flash9 symbols > > Ok, I'm loosing my mind here. I think that there might be a problem with > my Flash app, but I need confirmation. .. I've exhausted every other > avenue. > > > I have this fla(http://client. devilsworkbook. com/assets2. > fla)<http://client.devilsworkbook.com/assets2.fla%29> generating > this swf (http://client. devilsworkbook. com/assets2. swf) and I'm trying > to embed this symbol (BestBuyCar). > > [Embed(source="../assets/assets2. swf", symbol="BestBuyCar")] > > > The error I get is that it cannot find the symbol. I've tried numerous > methods, I've tried the Flex Component Kit, I've tried cursing at the > computer... I have not tried reinstalling Flash yet(the DVDs are not with > me). Can anyone either tell me what is wrong with my code or verify that my > swf is muxed??? > > Thanks, > > Paul > > > > ------------------------------ > Never miss a thing. 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